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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
The Advantage of Thinking,

Scientific American.
To have learned to think, whether
learned in the schools or out of them,
is to have attained the most valuable
of all requirements. Hard ard stub
born facts in letters, sciences, or me-
chanics, however desirable in them
selves, cannot be of the best practical
value to their p~osSessOr until he has
learned to think, andsO is able to adj
Just his information to the constantly
varying conditions of his occupation.
Any system of instruction which
does not teach a man to think falls
very far short Of the best results of
instruction, and leaves him without
the most vital element of success.
The jewelers. Journal repeats what
has been often said in these columns;
that is, what a mechanic most needs
today is to know how to think. He
who can do this is never at a loss for
ways and means, and is ever and al
ways equal to every OCCASION, and
can meet any emergency without
hesitancy or confusion. He finds
real pleasure in conquering a difficult
job, for he can always conquer it, in
asmuch as he is an inventor, and can
create a way where there was none.
A mar who has learned to think con-
tinually separates and combines, and
from the scraps which he gathers as
he goes he constructs. Material is
ever at his hand, land whether he is on
a journey, in the shop, or the factory,
his eye is ever observant and his
senses alert. Having learned how to
acquire knowledge, the Journal fur
ther adds, he never finds himself
anywhere that something does not
appear which he wants to see, and
having seen, will not soone Or later
put to practical use. The setting off
lathe tool, the adjusting of a band in
a machine shop, even the turning Of
a crank or the skillful handling of g
file, is more than likely to suggest
some new "kink" to him, wholly
unlike any thing he is observing. He
finds treasures unsupported by the
man whose mind being simply 6
!; storehouse of blank facts, moves me
chanically forward, observing moth
ing but that which is already con
structed and complete. These treas
ures he stores as he gathers them
and at the call of a necessary occa
sion or an emergency they are com
t bined into a complete whole by
process of which he himself is quit,
5 unconscious. Having learned t
think, he sends forth every momen
freighted with some sort of effort
, He has learned the value of worl
l as a means of happiness and 0
change of work as a means of rest
: and idlenesS is neither necessary no
/ recreative. He can catch an idea Of
the wing, and an idea gained i
=. IL source Of true happiness. Such
!, man does not easily weary, and it i
late in life before he grows old. II
goes on gaining knowledge to tn
+ end, and his knowledge assimilate
T and becomes wisdom as he Gains it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
Mails.

Tullahoma to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1910 o.
NJ: leaves 500 a. M, daily except Sundays.
McMinnville to Sparta-Arrives GAO am;
leaves 1900 pm; daily except Sundays.
Beersheba Springs-Arrives 500 pm;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
600 a. m, same days.
Smithville (rOute No. 1850 arrives 1900
M, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays {;
leaves 100 PM, same days.
Woodbury-Arrives II M, Wednesdays
and Saturdays leaves 100 pm, same days.
Horse Shoe Falls-Arrives 1900 m, Mon
days and Thursdays leaves 300 pm. same
days.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
An Enterprising, Reliable House,

j. b. Ritchey can always be relied
upon, not only to carry in stock the
best Of everything, but to secure the
agency for such articles as have well
known merit, and are. popular with
the people, thereby sustaining the
reputation of being always enterpris-
ing, and ever reliable. Having Sc
cured the agency for the celebrated
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con,
sumption; will sell it on a positive
guarantee. 1t will surely cure any
and every affection of Throat, Lungs
and Chest, and to show our conf
dence, we invite you to call and gel
a trial bottle free. l
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
Buckles ArnicSg Salve.

The best salve in the worIdfor Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of
eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents a box. For
sale by j. B. Ritchey. (39yl
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
Typhoid, Scarlet and Yellow Fevers
Measles, Diphtheria, Smallpox,
Cholera, etc.

Darbys Prophylactic Fluid will de-
stroy the infection of all fevers and
all contagious and infectious disease.
Will keep the atmosphere of any
sick-room pure and wholesome, alb
sorbing and destroying unhealthy
etf1uvia and contagion. Will neu-
tralize any bad smell whatever, not
by Disgusting it, but by destroying
it. Use Darbys Prophylactic Fluid
in every sick-rOOm.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09

Fifty-two years ago Atkinson, n.
H., abolished the grog-shop, and for
the last ten years not a cent has been
paid out for pauper support.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft, or Calloused Jumps and Blem-
ishes from horses, Blood SPAWN, Curbs,
Splints, Sweeney, Stiles, Sprains, Sore and
Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save 500 by
use of one bottle. Every bottle warranted
by J. B. Ritchey, Druggist, McMinnville
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09

Ofthe 2O2 prisoners received here
during the last two years all but 81
confessed to being drinkers Warden
Nevada State Prison.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09

Whom Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mics, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastOria
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09

Passenger trains pass Tullahoma going
south 10 20 a m, 10 40 p m and 6 O5 D m 90.
ing north, 4 % p m, 3 % a M, 5 So a m.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-09
LODGES

T. & A. M.-Warren No. 125-lstM Monday
L nightin every month, in their hall over
the court room. r. KENNEDY, H. P,
DOYAL ARCH CHAPTER-Srd Thurdav
IL nightin every month.
R. KENNEDY, H. P.
o. o. F.-McMinnville, No. LAG; every
l.. Tuesday night, in their hall over Won.
ack & Colville's store.
W. W. WALLACE, N. G.
L. F. CAPsHAw, Sec'y.
Rebekah Degree, meets First Thursday
night in each month.
MRS. w. s. LIVELY, N. G.
Miss JENNIE LIVELY, Sec'y.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR-Mountain City.
IN No. lao; meets in Masonic hall I'd and
4th Monday nightsin every month.
A. b. RAMSEY, Sec. THoS. BLACK, d.
KNIGHTS AND LADY'S HONOR-2nd
Ia and 4th Thursday nights in every month
A, II. GROSS. P.
r O. G. T.-Ben Lomond Lodge No. 9S
l. meets every Tuesday night at Masonic
Hall. NJ. GAFFIN, W. C. T.
/. P. GARTNER, Secy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
The Dhrmstadt Madonna.

Hans Holbein' 8 Madonna, painted about
1925 for Mayor Meyer, Of Basel, ia well
known in art circles. The pictures at
Darmstadt and Dresden were considered
the best, and the latter has generally been
pronounced the original done by the
artists own hands. The Darmstadt pict-
ure had been touched. up and thick
coating cf color and varnish was upon it.
The grand duke of Hesse now commits
stoned Alois Hansen, the conservator of
the Munich galleries. to restore his pict-
ure. 1t has just been cleared of the I'M
seemly covering which had been hiding
its beauties for more than century, and
there is no longer a doubt that the Darn
stadt picture is the original and that Of
Dresden splendid copy. The Darn
stadt picture, after its restoration, is said
to be something astonishing in the brill
fancy Of its colors and the beauty and
softness of its lines. 1t will be exhibited
ut Dresden by the side of the copy and
afterward at Berlin.-Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
A Society Leader Ends n Craze.

A pleasant little story is told of a for
mer Wheeling lady, who removed to
Texas some time since. In the city in
which she resides dinner parties became
very fashionable, and the society ladies
We'd with each other In exhibiting the
finest chinaware until it became almost a
mania. The lady who gave the last din
ner attempted and generally succeeded in
outrivaling her predecessor in the way of
fine china, and the former Wheeling lady
determined to Guido them all SO when
her dinner party was announced the
society in that place was all worked up
in anticipation of something grand.
The day came and the expected guests.
The usual chat and gossip preceded the
dinner, and then the guests were escorted
to the dining room. OF course they were
all on the tiptoe Of expectancy and all
eyes Immediately turned to the table
when they entered the room. And what
a sight met their gael Ye gods Where
were the previous dinner parties? There
stood a table in all its grandeur. An
ordinary table covered with a torn and
tattered cloth, common wooden plates
with newspaper cuts pasted in them in
mock imitation of hand painted china.
An immense wooden bowl stood in the
center of the table, out of which pro-
truded common tin ladle, and every
thing was of the most pristine character.
The break was too good, and the guests
were all compelled to acknowledge that
they had all been outdone. But they sat
down, and then they were served with
one of the most elegant and elaborate
dinners it had ever been their good for
tune to partake of. But that completely
knocked out the fine china rage, and
Mrs. W. party was the talk of the town
for many days. Bright idea, wasn't it?
Wheeling Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
Maxims for Merchants.


In every line of business some man
must lead.
Young men make positions; positions
rarely make them.
Some men buy when they should sell
and sell when they should buy.
Goods frequently changed upon the
shelves give them fresher look.
When the customer loses his temper.
that is the time that you should keep
yours.
A man who has good trade or bust
ness, and brings to it brains and diligence,
can afford to wait.
What men call luck or accident is often
the fruit of years of careful study, pa
tent endurance and devotion.
No past popularity, no fame earned by
lifetime will avail if men do not keep
to the front and keep up the stroke.
Business repute is better than stocks,
bonds or money. Revulsions can t shake,
robbers can't steal, and the cyclones of
trade can't engulf it.
Advertise when business is brisk. Ad-
vertise when business is dull. Advertise
constantly and lavishly, then will the
printer grow rich and his children rise
up and call you blessed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
The man who "buildcd better than he
knew" was not New York contractor.
/ Lowell Courier.
1888.
Harper's Magazine.
I11ustrated.

HARPERs's MAGAZINE is an organ of progress
sive thought and movement in every depart.
ment of life. Besides other attractions, it will
contain, during the coming year, important
articles superbly illustrated, on the Great
West; articles on American and foreign in.
dustry; beautifully illustrated papers on
Scotland, Norway, Switzerland, Algiers and
the West Indies new novels by william
Black and W. ID. Howelis; novellettes. each
complete inia single number, by Henry James,
Lafcadio Hearn, and Amelie Rives; short
stories by Miss Woolson and other popular
writers; and illustrated papers of special ar
tistic and literary interest The Editorial De
partments are conducted by George william
Curtis, william Dean Howells and Charles
Dudley Warner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
"Nyho Struck Billy Patterson?v

Do you know the origin of the express
sion, WHO struck Billy Patterson"
This is it: About forty years ago, at one
of the medical colleges of this country
the students had trick of hazing every
new man who entered the institution
They would secure him hand and foot
carry him before a mock tribunal. and
there try him for some high crime with
which they charged him. He would be
convicted, of course, and sentenced to be
led to the block and decapitated. A
student named William Patterson came
along in time, and was put through the
court and sentenced in the usual solemn
and impressive manner. He was blind
folded and led to the block, and his neck
placed in position. The executioner
swung the ak and buried it in the block
allowing it, to be sure, to go nowhere
near Patterson's head. The students
laughed when the trick was at an end,
but Patterson was dead. He had died
from what we medical men call shock.
All the students were put under arrest,
and the question arose, Who struck Pat
terson? On the trial it was shown that
nobody struck him, but the medical stu
dents retained the expression, and it has
come down through them to the present
day.-Dr. Sam Anderson in Globe
Democrat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18

Lieut.. Foulke of the United States
navy, now on duty in japanese waters,
is shortly to marry japanese girl at
Nagasaki. The young lady taught Lieut..
Foulke the language Of the country, and
during his prolonged stay on shore duty
in Korea the two kept up correspon-
dence, she writing in English, which she
had been taught by her foreign lover.
There is more romance, too, about dam
gerous illness through which she once
nursed him. She is spoken Of as a wom-
an of great intelligence, beauty and fas-
cination, and a strong and admirable
character. Lieut.. Foulke will bring his
wife home with him, where he has been
ordered to stand his examination for pro-
motion in the service. Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
A Now Cheap Light IN London.

London is exercised over new and
cheap Light. A tank is placed in the roof
of dwelling and filled with oil. Con-
nection is made with the gas pipes, and
the burner is capable of being turned on
or off. The light is white, soft and agree
able, and as brilliant as that supplied by
electricity. The cost is about one third
that of gas. An exhibition was recently
given in the presence Of the representa-
tives of the press. The secret of the new
process is a machine, which is wound up
like clockwork and which separates the
hydrogen from the oxygen of the atmos-
phere, and causes the latter to mix with
oil and give forth the excellent light,
which is the admiration of all beholders.
Philadelphia Call.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
From the German of Freiligrath.I
THE NIOBE OF NATIONS.
By J. f. RANKIN, ID. ID.

The boat tugs at the rusty chain,
Flutters the sail, and creaks the rudder.
The fisher.boy is through his pain,
| His father dead with throe and shudder:
For Irish fish is some lords fish,
The richest hauls, he's sure to snatch them.
Though empty stands the peasants dish,
And starving die the men, who catch them.
What gathrlng sounds are these hear?
What lowing loud, what Babel bleating?
All men in rags, to harbor near
Are driving herds for foreign eating;
For Irish meat is some lords meat
Though Irish folk be sick and starving;
Who thinks him there on Downing Street,
OF hungry mouths, if he's good carving?
The Irish landlords have enough,
Nor ever is their larder scanty;
For horn or COW or bullock rough,
Is still to them horn ofplonty.
In London or in Paris they,
Their gold heaped up on gaming tables,
Still madly drink, and madly play,
While peasants die, like flies round stables
Holloal holoa! Green Erin's chasel
Go in, her som Poor idle dreameri
For piles of venison must grace
The hold and prov OF the next steamer
For Irish game is some lords game,
On this the game-laws guard encroaching;
The starving peasant dies the same
God helu' No strength has he for poachinp.
HIS lordsl ares for stag and OK
Let peasants starve, If they but fatten!
Let no man drain morass or boys,
For there the wild-duck loves to batten
Let wild-goose haunt the shady ten,
And fly, in fiocks, securely over
Ay, leave the grass for water.hen,
Nor scare from nest the golden plover.
God cursed the landl- English lords
Made swamp and waste four million acres;
Morass and bog, which no man tords;-
The fault, OF course, is all mans Makers;
FOR, Irish land is some lords land
SO stands the mother wildly waiting,
Ana begs pittance from your hand
To shroud the babe, cured OF its alling.
Thus moves the curse, by day. by night,
As when the distant thunder rumbles;
The west-wind brings to one the blight;
Cohnaught to Leinster speaks in grumbles
lis weak, like some expiring groan,
Which death-struck soul tor mercy uttcrs.
A cry of want, II hungermoan,
A cry OF death, pale Erin utters.
Erin! On her knees she grieves,
Emaciate, pale her locks wild.fying;
And sprinkles withered shamrock leaves
Upon the bier OF her sons dying.
She kneels by stream, she kneels by shore,
On mountain-peak herself she stations;
Than Byron's Rome, alas, tar more
Is she the Niobe OF nations
Highland Crest, Orange, Nj.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
When tho Pamphlets HoMled.

A certain old lady down in Maine has
the genuine genius of Mrs. Partington
and may have been the original of that
famous character, for all the Listener
knows. Not long ago she was telling CT
the wild times i'll the woods down there
before the country was settled.
why" said she, 1.-The folks used to
be walked up in the night by the bowling
of the pamphlets in the woods"
1t is to be inferred that she meant
'panthers, though no doubt there have
been such things as bowling pamphlets.
Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
JOHN L. HAMMoND's Admrs. STATE OF VT
Addison Co.
CLARA L., SMITH at al lJSfuAHrrpy

vs.. Addison Co.
CLARA l.. SMITH ct al. Is CHASCERY.
Whereas, &. r. Bush and r. NJ. Chapman, nd.
mnistmtors of the estate of John L. Ham,
mond, late of orwell, in said county, deceased,
have filed their petition in said court against
Caroline A. Smith of the county OF Lander
and state of Nevada and Clara l.. Smith OF
whiting, in said county, setting forth that the
said Caroline A. Feby 25th, 1868, and the said
Clara l.. Sept. 30th, 1865, executed to sally Aus
tin'sat ministratora mortgage deed OF two GER
tain pieces OF land situate in said Whiting,
being the same and all the lands decided to
Sally Austin's administrator by Sidney Smith
and Anthony o. smith of California, Aug. 18th,
1852 one OF said lots contains about - acres
and Is the home farm OF said Clara L., and
the other of said lots of land contains about
10 acres situate in the swamp in said Whiting
and Is use'i as wood lot in connection with
said home farm, with condition tor the
demption OF the same ON the payment OF GER
tain notes therein described. And that since
the execution OF said mortgage said John l..
Hammond purchased and became the owner
of said mortgage and the same is part of his
estate; and the said Caroline A. has since de-
ceased leaving surviving her MS heirs of her
estate her husband, Benz. Lehman OF San Blu.
enca Ventura, California, Sarah +. Jones, wife
OF Rufus Jones OF Black River Falls, Wiscon-
sin. Cornelia 4. Walker of Plankinton, Dako-
tn, Emeine A. Chandler of Starksboro, Yer
mont, Carrie A. Warner, wife OF Joseph n.
Warner OF Swanton, Vermont, Sidney $. White
OF Ferrisburgh, Vermont, Cornelia ii. Walker
and sarah W. Jennison, wife of VIM. Jenni-
son, all OF st. Adams, Vermont and Henry
O. Walker OF Merrimack, New Hampshire.
said Clara l.. and said heirs of Caroline A. in
the premises may be toreclosed agreeably to
law.
Said defendants Benjamin, Sarah f., Rufus,
Cornelia f., Emeline A, Carrie A., Joseph N,
sidney s., Cornelia ii Sarah W., William and
Henry O. residing without this State so that
said petition cannot be served upon them, IL
Is ordered that they be required to appear ON
the first day OF the next stated term OF said
court to be holden mt Middlebury, within and
tor the county OF Addison aforesaid, ON the
second Tuesday of December, A. ID. 1887, then
and there 10 answer to said petition, and for
that purpose said petitioners shall cause to
be published the substance OF said petition
and this order three weeks successfully in
the Middlebury Register, published at Mid
dlebury aforesaid the last OF which publica-
lions 10 be at least twenty days prior to said
term OF said court.
Dated at Middlebury aforesaid, this second
day of November, A. ID. 1877. a Sw
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
STEWART & WILps, Sol'rs for petitioners
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18

Dom Pedro, the emperor Of Brazil, is
still in Paris, and the belief is gaining
ground in Rio that he will never return
to active participation in affairs. Though
only little past go, he is said to be
suffering from a chronic disease of the
kidneys, which has impaired his mental
faculties. Frank Leslie's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
Another Superstition.

The latest fad" is the interest at
tached to the finding of an old button
shoe. We were told, with great SINGER
ity, that if young girl on finding one
would count the buttons remaining on it
she would be able to tell exactly the num-
Der of years which would elapse before
her marriage, each button representing
one year. 1t is looked upon as great
piece of misfortune (by the credulous) to
find a shoe minus buttons. Chicago
News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18

Pennsylvania has more postoflices than
any other state in the Union, 4,116.
New York has 3,24S.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-18
NOTICE.-Estate OF
~ Gilmore w. Miller,

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court tor the District OF Ad
olson. Commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate OF Elmore W. Miller
late OF Weybridgs, in said District, deceased
and all claims exhibited in offset thereto
hereby give notice that we will meet tor the
purposes aforesaid, at his late residence, on
the goth day of November and 10th day OF
April next, from O'Clock p. m. until 4
O'Clock, p. IN, each OF said days, and that six
months from the lst day of November, A. ID.
1857, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors TO present their claims to us
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Weybridge, this 9Th day OF Novem-
Der, A. ID. 1857.
j. +. COTTON, lc
45-3w THOS. SULLIVAN. S""s'